History - Term 1 +1st half Flashcards
18th June 1914
Death of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, his wife and their unborn baby.
23rd July 1914
The Austro-Hungarian government issued Serbia with an ultimatum containing concrete demands in order to prevent escalation.
29th July 1914
Britain called for international mediation to resolve the worsening crisis.
1st August 1914
The German Empire declared war on the Russian Empire.
3rd August 1914
Germany declares war on France, and invades neutral Belgium.
4th August 1914
Great Britain declared war on Germany.
Kaiser Wilhelm I
The German Empire. King of Prussia.
Field Marshall Alfred von Schlieffen
He developed the plan of attack the the German armies used with significant at the outbreak of the World War I.
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Wilhelm II was the last German Emperor (Kaiser) and King of Prussia.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Heir to the imperial throne of Austro-Hungarian empire.
The Black Hand
They are a secret Serbian society of the early 20th century that used terrorist methods to promote the liberation of Serbs outside Serbia. They were Muhamed Mehmedbašić, Vaso Čubrilović, Nedeljko Čabrinović, Cvjetko Popović, Trifko Grabež, and Gavrilo Princip.
Gavrilo Princip
He was a Bosnian-Serb youth. He shot and killed the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir apparent to the Austrian throne, and his pregnant wife Sophie as the motorcar passed by the streets of Sarajevo. He was arrested and imprisoned, where he would die of tuberculosis in 1918.
Mobilise
To prepare and organise troops for a war.
Kaiser
A German word for Emperor.
Great Powers
A country with great power over a group of countries. Such as United Kingdom.
Empire
An extensive group of states and countries ruled over by a single monarch.
Colony
A county or area und the full or partial political control of another country occupied by settlers.
Merchant ships
A privately owned ship used for the transport of goods and civilian persons.
The Balkans
An area in southeast Europe.
Patriotism
The quality of being patriotic, devotion to and vigorous support for one’s country.
Arms Race
A pattern of competitive acquisition of military capability between two or more countries.
Alliance
An agreement between countries that benefit form them.
Encirclement
Being surrounded.
Annex
Add (territory) to one’s own territory by appropriation.
How did the Franco-Prussian war(1870-71) cause WWI?
Germany gained confidence and increased its aggression as a result of its victory in the war. France were humiliated with led to them wanting revenge.
How did Empires making enemies cause WWI?
Britain and France expanded their empires in result in increased tension among European country. An empire has lots of colonies which caused them to have move enemies because they wall wanted the land one another had.
How did the disagreement about whose navy was biggest and best cause WWI?
The British had the most developed army buy then the Germans army became more developed after they stool the plans for a British ship so they become the second more developed army. This caused the first world war because the countries wanted to go to war to find out whose navy was the best.
How did the countdown to war cause WWI?
During this time Serbia and Austro-Hungary allied different countries which lead to a the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance. The alliances meant that different lots of countries got.
How did allies and enemies cause WWI?
There were lots of different treaties such as the treaty of London, Emperor’s League, the dual alliance, the triple alliance, the Franco, Russian alliance, the entente cordiale and the triple entente.
How did the murder in Sarajevo cause WWI?
The Black Hand, a secret Serbian society of the early20th century that used terrorist methods to promote the liberation of Serbs outside Serbia, killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand, his wife and his unborn baby. This was in Sarajevo in Austro-Hungary. Austro-Hungary knew that Serbia were behind these these attacks. The Austro-Hungarians were very unhappy and this caused them to send a list of unreasonable demands to Serbia, of course could not do this. Then the Austro-Hungarians declared war on Serbia starting WW1.
